Guilty plea now not acceptable by Court of Appeal in Kenya

Appellate Judge Roselyn Nambuye. The judge along with fellow appellate judges Justice Philip Waki and Patrick Kiage said the heart of a criminal trial is the tendering of evidence by the prosecution in an attempt to establish the charge and not necessarily convicting one upon his own plea of guilty. (PHOTO: COURTESY) 

Court of Appeal Judges have ruled that a plea of guilty cannot be accepted unless it is satisfied that it was entered consciously, freely and in clear and unambiguous terms.

Appellate Judges, Justice Philip Waki, Roselyn Nambuye and Patrick Kiage said the heart of a criminal trial is the tendering of evidence by the prosecution in an attempt to establish the charge and not necessarily convicting one upon his own plea of guilty.